Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (John 4:10 KJV)
Man was made in the image and likeness of God. This was the intent and resolve of God prior to Man’s creation. God planned to make a being that reflects His Person (image) and His Character (likeness) such that unlike other creations, Man (alone) had the breath of God in him at creation possessing the Life nature of God.
It was the Breath of God in Man, that distinguished Man from other creations and positioned Man above all creations; Man was god on Earth with Dominion; reign, control and governance over all God’s creation. Consider God’s vision statement about Man being on Earth; “Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature, So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.” God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth.” (Gen. 1:26 MSG)
Notice, Man was godlike, Reflecting God’s nature and was responsible for the fish in the sea and the birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth. Man was God’s Agent on Earth and was to direct and control other creations. It was this lofty competence to administrate the Earth that Man lost when Man fell to the despicable guile of the devil. The devil deceived Man and became the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4 KJV)
Man; at the set of his creation partook, shared or participated in the Divine Nature of God: Man though made of dust, inherited the Breath of God and became a Living Soul. It was this shared nature with God that Man lost when he fell to the deception of the devil; Man became naked, void and empty of the nature of God necessary to relate with God, that which was required for his assignment. Rather than the nature of God, Man became wild; inherited the nature of the devil.
According to the Bible, “God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Gen 6:5 KJV). It was this depravity that Jesus came to correct and to restore Man back to his original status. Jesus came to provide man with the Living water that Life may satiate Man’s life again but now it is by choice. Every Man must choose to participate in that experience. Notice Jesus said, “…If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Beloved, the Life nature of God is available (again) evidenced by the release of God’s Holy Spirit upon all flesh (Joel 2:28 KJV) nurtured by the Word of Truth coded in the Scriptures (The Bible) for whosoever will come and drink; participate in the Life nature of God.
Wouldn’t you…be filled with God’s Spirit and live?
